A stock Sparkman Stephens 34, Aquila is a sister ship of the 1969 Hobart race winner Morning Cloud. She will give a good account if there are fresh windward conditions and she could surprise in her division. She has raced many miles, her best result being the 1980 Great Circle rRce when she was 3rd Overall and 1st in Division. She represented Hong Kong in the 1973 Southern Cross Cup when under charter, and this year will be pushed hard by an experienced crew